Real Weddings

Chris Snowden is now coming to what he would call his 'quiet period' before the festive wedding seasons starts in early December. So we thought we'd catch up with him and take a look at what he's been up to. This quiet period is now the time to do all the jobs that haven't been done yet, and only a couple of weeks to do so (making it not so quiet). This includes writing blogs from weddings back in the spring. That's where we're going today - back to the wonderfully beautiful spring! Chris is going to tell us about…

A love of travel and vintage chic brought this real wedding to life Prestwold Hall set the scene for the wedding of Zara and Pete, providing a stunning backdrop for the work of Dottie Photography. Bride Zara shared some words with Buckinghams to shed some light on her beautiful wedding day and the process leading up to the big event. How did you meet - tell us a little about yourselves? We met at university in 2005. Pete was in his second year studying Geography, and I (Zara) had just started my Biology degree. Since then we have done a lot of growing up…

In sickness and in health, a marriage of two doctors How did you meet - tell us a little about yourselves? We met when we were working together as Doctors on Intensive Care at Northampton General Hospital. Jonny is a consultant so he was actually my boss! We were friends for a couple of years before we fell in love! Tell us about the proposal? Jonny proposed after we had been living together for about 6 months. We went on Holiday to Jamaica. I had a good idea that Jonny might propose as he wasn’t very subtle about it! I…

A love of Lego and the most beautiful of flowers Doddington Hall was the perfect backdrop to the wedding of Liz and Stu photographed by Chris Snowden Photography. How did you meet - tell us a little about yourselves? We knew each other through mutual friends for a few years before we started dating. Eventually, after some not-so-subtle matchmaking, we finally got together – and thanks to our friend for locking us out of the house and leaving us in the garden until we finally kissed! How did Stu propose? Stu surprised me for my birthday with a trip to London.…

We met eight and a half years ago when I was 17 and Craig was 19. We lived just around the corner from each other and got talking in the local pub. Craig proposed to me on the clifftop in Ibiza overlooking a beautiful little beach; it was 2 years before we got married. It was really important for us to get married in a church and luckily for us our local church is so beautiful and full of history. The vicar was very friendly and made the service personal to us. We wanted a chilled summer wedding so the most important…